national_salad

When is National Salad Month?

May is always National Salad Month!

The 4th week of July is always National Salad Week.

Are there other related Holidays? Yes!

National Caesar Salad Day

May 19-25-National Vegetarian week

The second Monday in May is National Etiquette Week

the second full week of May is National Herb Week.

National Egg Salad Week (see egg salad recipes)

May is National Salsa Month!

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Tell me about National Salad Month as a holiday

National Salad Month is a holiday celebrated in the United States during the month of May. The Association for Dressings & Sauces (ADS), welcomes National Salad Month and encourage everyone to be creative when incorporating a salad into your healthy eating regimen. The Association for Dressings & Sauces launched National Salad Month in May of 1992, in response to a 1991 Gallup Poll that revealed that three out of four people eat a tossed salad at least every other day. According to polls, salads taste better with salad dressing.

About ADS

"ADS is an international trade association representing the manufacturers of salad dressings and condiment sauces and the suppliers to the industry." Visit at saladaday.org and dressings-sauces.org to learn more about the nutritional benefits of salads and salad dressings, and to obtain tasty recipes as well as a copy of the brochure, “The Good News About Salad Dressings and Sauces.”

Definition of a Salad

The first thing I think of when I hear the word salad is a green salad; like a garden salad made of fresh cold lettuce. But the word salad can means many different types of salads that include fruit or nuts and can even be a dessert salad as well.

By an astonishing coincidence, the second full week of May is also National Herb Week. Interesting enough, the word "Salad" comes from the Latin "herba salta," which actually means "salted herbs." History tells us that long ago before the fork was invented, they called their salads salted herbs because that's what they were: bits of leafy herbs dressed with salty oils. (flavored oils go way back in history) It seems the Romans weren't the first people to enjoy salad.

Salad is a mixture of cold foods, usually including vegetables or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, or whole grains. Salad is often served as an appetizer before a larger meal or served as the meal itself at lunch time.

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Let's celebrate National Salad month by eating healthy

and trying new salads for the whole month of May! You never know, you may find one that you love so much, you make it a part of your weekly menu. Enjoy our salad examples at our

"Salad Directory!"

Just click on the photos to the left to see a larger image. Once on the image, hover over the left and right side for next picture.

Cold Meat Salad: Cold meat salads are perfect and popular for a quick lunch at home or from a deli on your lunch break. Cold meat salads are also popular for brunch and often served at tea houses, cafes and pubs.

Garden salad: Also known as: tossed, dinner, mixed & side salad. The "garden salad" is most often composed of vegetables built up on a base of leaf vegetables. Common vegetables include tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, mushrooms, onions, carrots and radishes. (see Garden Salad) for this and information on herb salads, lettuce, caesar, cobb and greek salads. All of which are considered garden salads.

Citrus Green Salads: These salads are light, refreshing and seem to taste on the tropical side. Many recipes are popular with walnuts, beats, orange slices, grapefruit, cranberries, and many times topped with a fruity vinaigrette dressing.

Bean Salads: mainly composed of cooked pole beans (green beans and/or yellow wax beans), cooked garbanzo beans, cooked kidney beans and sliced or diced fresh beetroot. The beans are marinated in an oil/vinegar vinaigrette, sometimes sweetened with sugar. Salads of this type are often used for picnics and outings, since they require little refrigeration.

True Greek salad is essentially a tomato salad made of sliced or chopped tomatoes with a few slices of cucumber, and red onion, seasoned with salt, black pepper, and oregano and dressed with olive oil. Common additions include feta cheese, bell peppers, capers, anchovies, sardines and kalamata olives. Lettuce and vinegar are not used in a Greek salad.

Jell-O salad, or congealed salad is the common name for a molded salad made with flavored gelatin, fruit etc. Other ingredients may include cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts or pretzels. Because of its many elements, the result has speckled bits of color against a colored gelatin background.

Sauced Fruit Salads: Fruit Salads do not contain lettuce at all. Many times the fruit sauce that's pored over the dish is not added until right before serving as to save some varieties of fruit (such as sliced bananas) from getting soggy.

Fruit salad: (also called Macedonia) is a dish consisting of various kinds of fruit, served either in their own juices or a syrup. In different forms fruit salad can be served as an appetizer, a side-salad, or a dessert. When served as an appetizer or as a dessert, a fruit salad is also known as a fruit cocktail.

Pasta Salad: Pasta salad is a dish prepared with one or more types of pasta, usually chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil or mayonnaise-based dressing. It can be served as an appetizer or a main course. As there is no one precise or agreed-upon recipe for the dish, ingredients vary widely by region, restaurant, seasonal availability.

Seafood Salad: Seafood Salad is a dish prepared with one or more types of seafood and can be served either as a type of seafood garden salad or as a seafood pasta salad. A very popular salad is the "Crab Louie.' that is made with Dungeness Crab. The photo showing is a shrimp salad.

Salad Sandwich's: Sandwiches are commonly carried to work or school to be eaten as the midday meal as part of a packed lunch or lunchbox, and carried on trips, picnics etc. They are widely sold in sandwich shops and in cafes. Salad Sandwiches eaten in pita bread pockets are popular all over.

Lettuce Salad: A lettuce salad is a distinct salad, popular in Greece, especially in the autumn and spring, consisting of finely sliced lettuce, scallions, and fresh dill, and dressed with salt, black pepper, olive oil and red wine vinegar or lemon juice.

Caesar Salad: A typical Caesar salad comprises romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, sardines, and black pepper originally prepared tableside. July 4 is National Caesar Salad Day in our holiday calendar. ( National Caesar Salad Day )

Waldorf Salad: A Waldorf salad is a salad consisting of fine sliced apple and celery (Julienne), chopped walnuts, mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing.